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1. Classical ballet: also called romantic ballet, a system of dance based on formalized movements and positions of the arms, feet, and body. Especially designed to enable the dancer to move with the greatest possible agility, control, speed, lightness, and grace. The subject may be romantic, realistic, often based on a fairytale or mythological story.
2. Modern dance: This emerged in the early 20th century. It broke whatever rules had been laid down by its predecessors. The dancers make everyday movements like running, falling and rolling. The choreographers were interested in presenting the inner self and all of its complex emotions on the concert stage, and discarded the costumes and artificiality of classical ballet.
3. Jazz dance: Jazz dance is an umbrella term encompassing several different styles of dance that became popular in the early 20th century. Though jazz dance has mixed roots in both African and European traditions, it is a uniquely American creation, which developed simultaneously with jazz music in New Orleans. Today jazz dance continues to evolve and blend with other dance styles — for example, street jazz, musical dance and show dance.
4. Urban dance: This dance style started in The Bronx, in New York City, during the Seventies. Urban Dance is an umbrella term for several dance styles, and evolved mostly from Hip hop and Funk styles. It includes breakdance, streetdance, popping&locking.
5. World dance: This is any dance form which can be identified as originating with an ethnic culture and expressing the movement aesthetics of that culture.